Jacobs Joint Venture Wins Major Inland Rail Program Contract in Australia
26 September 2018
Jacobs: Jacobs Engineering Group
Inc. (NYSE:JEC), in a joint venture with
GHD, has been
appointed by the
Australian
Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to deliver a
feasibility study and
environmental impact assessment for a 300-kilometer-long greenfield
section of the multi-billion dollar
Inland Rail Program in
New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
The scope of the
Narromine to Narrabri (N2N) project involves the
delivery of further engineering design and environmental investigations
to determine the preferred route for the 40- to 60-meter-wide
rail
corridor.
"Inland Rail will connect farms, mines, cities and ports to global
markets, providing significant supply chain benefits," said Jacobs
Buildings, Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities Senior Vice President
and General Manager Patrick Hill. "In addition, it will reduce transit
times and complete one of the missing freight rail links between
Melbourne,
Adelaide,
Perth and
Brisbane, and we will leverage our extensive background in rail and
transportation to help make it happen."
N2N is one of 13 projects that completes the Inland Rail Program, and
the 300km of new track makes it the longest distance project within
Inland Rail. It will involve seven passing loops, four road-over-rail
graded separations and three rail-over-rail graded separations, 17 rail
underbridges, four kilometers of viaduct, a number of level crossings
and more than 320 utility crossings.
"This important feasibility design work will give us critical
information in terms of engineering, environmental, traffic flows,
socio-economic impacts and benefits and other areas of interest," said
Inland Rail Chief Executive Officer Richard Wankmuller. "It will lay the
groundwork for the detailed design for this section and help identify
how we can adjust to address community concerns."
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